The game of basketball has been around for … *checks notes* … 74 seasons. And even so, here’s a thought that sometimes gets lost on basketball experts, even the Twitter ones: regardless of how frustrated you may have gotten at the Portland Trail Blazers’ traffic cone defense this past year, it’s important to remember this:
Whether they’re training at a rec center or walking into a McDonalds, they’re almost guaranteed to be the best basketball player in any building. It simply comes with the territory of being a star in high school and at the collegiate level.